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Old 07-27-17, 07:28 PM
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Correct - 1970s export specification roadster. Looks African or Indian spec to me, so focus would be India, South Africa, or Nigeria. This is not a US-spec Raleigh; it was probably brought into the country by someone who was abroad in Africa. The Raleighs for those markets were built as massively and heavily as possible - single speed gears; double bar frames; heavy accessories; etc. This held true right up to about 1980 or so. Raleigh's African and Indian holdings both dropped dramatically about 1980.
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